According to a recent article by Modern Healthcare the CMS has announced that four additional states have opened for up for registration for Medicaid incentive payments. This brings the total number of states involved in the program to 27. Under the 2009 economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health [...]
Four Additional States Begin Registration for Medicaid Incentive Payments
September 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Four More States have Launched their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
July 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs have recently been launched in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Arizona and West Virginia bringing the total number of states to have launched programs to 21. Eligible professionals and hospitals in those 21 states will be able to complete their incentive program registration at the state level and can receive incentive payments. The list [...]
CMS adds to their FAQ with the Answers to More Frequently Asked Questions
May 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Earlier this week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released five more frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the meaningful use incentive program. The questions and answers are below: Question 1: For the meaningful use objective of “capability to exchange key clinical information” for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, [...]
Indiana Opens Medicaid Electronic Health Record Program
May 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This week Indiana was one of the first 15 states to open their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs for registration to Medicaid eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals. EPs and eligible hospitals will be able to receive Medicaid EHR incentive payments after successfully registering and having adopted, implemented, or upgraded certified EHR technology. Eligible professionals can [...]
Don’t Forget – Medicare Meaningful Use Attestation Begins on April 18th
April 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Just in case you’ve been swamped with other things this is a reminder post that the attestation period for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program begins next Monday, April 18, 2011. If you expect to receive your Medicare EHR incentive payment, you must attest through CMS’ web-based Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs [...]
Medicare Meaningful Use Attestation Begins on April 18th
March 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
According to the The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service the attestation for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program begins on April 18, 2011. In order to receive your Medicare EHR incentive payment, you must attest through CMS’ web-based Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs Registration and Attestation System. To get an early [...]
Oklahoma and Kentucky begin Issuing Meaningful Use Checks
January 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Health Data Management is reporting that the Medicaid programs in Oklahoma and Kentucky have issued their first EHR meaningful use incentive checks. The checks were issued on January 5th, only two days after registration for the Medicare and Medicaid programs started. According to the article the University of Kentucky Healthcare received the first hospital payment, [...]
HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association Responds to Proposed Meaningful Use and Certification Rules
March 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association) has submitted its detailed responses on two major regulations that implement healthcare IT incentive provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). One comment addressed the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Interim Final Rule (IFR) on EHR certification criteria and [...]
Ambiguous Language Could Drive Up Rather Than Curtail Health Care Costs
March 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The following is a statement by Spencer Berthelsen, MD of the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic: The national health care debate is far from over. Days removed from his televised national health care forum, President Obama is calling for an “up or down” vote on the measure within the next few weeks. In his recent State of the [...]
The Time Is Right for Doctors to ‘Go Digital’
March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The prospect of the U.S. healthcare system moving from paper to electronic medical records (EMR) has given rise to a host of thorny questions on matters of privacy, security, logistics and more. But according to EMR attorneys at the national law firm of LeClairRyan, the time to start making the switch is now-in part because [...]
